There is a tiny typo in the livirt documentation at: http://libvirt.org/docs/libvirt-appdev-guide-python/en-US/html/libvirt_application_development_guide_using_python-Guest_Domains.html#libvirt_application_development_guide_using_python-Guest_Domains-Domain_Overview In 'Example 4.2. Fetching a domain object from a name' domainName = 'someguest' dom = conn.lookupByName(domainname) domainname or domainName -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list